Ted Cruz hits up New Hampshire

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) hit another national campaign hotspot on Friday evening, stopping in Dublin, N.H., to speak at a Republican state committee fundraiser.

The potential 2016 candidate’s wide-ranging speech covered GOP hot-button topics from Benghazi to the IRS to Obamacare in an event broadcast nationwide on CSPAN that also featured Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.).

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“Now I need to begin with just a warning. By virtue of your coming here tonight, tomorrow morning each of you will be audited by the IRS,” he said in a speech full of red meat for attendees who paid $100 to visit the home of former U.N. Ambassador to Europe Joseph Petrone.

“We should be the party of the 47 percent,” Cruz said, seeking to adopt a line that damaged Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign. “We should be the party of those climbing the economic ladder.”

“Look at what is happening around the world right now,” Ayotte said, speaking about the Benghazi attack. “And I can tell you I’m not going to give up this fight, for the truth and to hold people accountable, to make sure this never happens again.”

Cruz has also twice visited Iowa — another early voting state — amid speculation he’s building out preparations for a nationwide campaign. Earlier Friday, he made light of renouncing his Canadian citizenship.